So, this article states, based on an anonymous "source", that "very informal" discussions took place.

A news source has nothing to lose with a story like this. There are no names inside the Jets linked to this, and there is even less to lose for a reporter when he says the talks have been "very informal".

The only reason this is "only the Jets" is because only the Jets could be the target of such a flimsy story and have it stick.